Land Grant to Rowland Griffen, 750 acres, 13 Jan 1661

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Give and grant unto Rowland Griffen seven hundred and fifty acres of land,
lying in Isle of Wight County about one mile to the southward of Henry White's
plantation at the Blackwater, beginning at a Poplar by a small Reedy Ground
running North East 70 poles to a White Oak then East forty poles to a Pine
then South East by East 40 poles to a Pine then South East 238 poles to a Pine
then South 231 poles to a White Oak then South West 88 poles to a Red Oak near
a Branch then North North West 242 poles towards a swamp then North East 302
poles, from there to a Forest Station, the said land being formerly granted to
Christopher Lewis by patent dated the 26th day of July 1652, by the said Lewis
assigned to Francis Sowerby, and by the said Sowerby assigned to the said
Griffin to have and to hold.  Given at James City, _______ ___, the seal of
the Colony this 13th day of January 1661 and in the thirteen year of the Reign
of our Sovereign King Charles ______.

Acknowledged in Court by Rowland Griffen and Elizabeth his wife this 9th of
April, 1663 Attest John Jennings Clk Crt
							Francis Moryson
							Tho. Ledwell

Acknowledged in Open Court by George Bell and Hester his wife this 9th day of May 1663
				Attest John Jennings Clk Crt